I am a 21 year old female, petite though I don't know my exact weight. I am around 120 lbs and 5'3". I have been having some issues for a month and would like to get a few opinions.
I just recently moved a few thousand miles from home and have been extremely stressed. About a month ago, before the move, I had (what I believe to be) an anxiety attack. My heart was racing, I was having hot flashes (sweating but my body felt cold), portions of my left hand would often go numb as well as portions of my face, and I was becoming short of breath. This was the 2nd time I had had this episode, the first being approx. 2 years ago.
About a week ago, I started having issues again. They were similar to the anxiety attack but not as severe. They, however, are not going away completely. I am having large difficulties sleeping due to a very high pulse rate, shakes/twitches in my entire body at random times during the day and night (mainly my thigh muscles) and shortness of breath. I have not had the same numbness that I had a month ago, though my left arm feels weak often and every once in a while my big toe on either foot will feel half-numb. I often feel clouded, I wouldn't call it light-headed, but I feel like I am beside myself and unable to fully concentrate. My grandmother suggested that I may have high blood pressure (I have a short temper and my father has HBP) - I went to the nearby Walmart and took one of their tests. I came out 136/80 with a pulse rate of 132 BPM!!! Though 136 is not extremely high, 132 BMP seems very high. I was slightly nervous during the test but not enough to be that high - my pulse is always rapid now, even resting.
The only other thing I can mention aside from being stressed due to this move is that the high pulse has been making my chest ache slightly (tired feeling, like someone is sitting on me) and that this \episode did not start until I was around the time of my period. My period has been over for 1-2 days now and I am still feeling this way.
Could this be HBP, anxiety, dehydration or a mix? Or possibly something else? I have not yet seen a doctor but I am planning to within a day or two.
This is driving me nuts!!! Please help!
I just recently moved a few thousand miles from home and have been extremely stressed. About a month ago, before the move, I had (what I believe to be) an anxiety attack. My heart was racing, I was having hot flashes (sweating but my body felt cold), portions of my left hand would often go numb as well as portions of my face, and I was becoming short of breath. This was the 2nd time I had had this episode, the first being approx. 2 years ago.
About a week ago, I started having issues again. They were similar to the anxiety attack but not as severe. They, however, are not going away completely. I am having large difficulties sleeping due to a very high pulse rate, shakes/twitches in my entire body at random times during the day and night (mainly my thigh muscles) and shortness of breath. I have not had the same numbness that I had a month ago, though my left arm feels weak often and every once in a while my big toe on either foot will feel half-numb. I often feel clouded, I wouldn't call it light-headed, but I feel like I am beside myself and unable to fully concentrate. My grandmother suggested that I may have high blood pressure (I have a short temper and my father has HBP) - I went to the nearby Walmart and took one of their tests. I came out 136/80 with a pulse rate of 132 BPM!!! Though 136 is not extremely high, 132 BMP seems very high. I was slightly nervous during the test but not enough to be that high - my pulse is always rapid now, even resting.
The only other thing I can mention aside from being stressed due to this move is that the high pulse has been making my chest ache slightly (tired feeling, like someone is sitting on me) and that this \episode did not start until I was around the time of my period. My period has been over for 1-2 days now and I am still feeling this way.
Could this be HBP, anxiety, dehydration or a mix? Or possibly something else? I have not yet seen a doctor but I am planning to within a day or two.
This is driving me nuts!!! Please help!
I also forgot to mention that I have been having diarrhea, nausea and a loss of appetite - keep in mind though that my period just ended and I normally have those symptoms during my period so I'm not sure if they would be related to my original post.
http://ask.metafilter.com/77147/Whole-Lot-of-Shaking-Going-On-But-only-right-before-bed-And-not-in-the-fun-way
I know this message is a year old... but this is what I'm going through right now!
Did you figure it out?